Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Water

Denis Hamilton is the editor of Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Water: Human Exposure and Risks, published by Wiley. Stephen Crossley is the editor of Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Water: Human Exposure and Risks, published by Wiley.

"...as someone working in the field, I will value this book as an excellent source of fundamental information..." (Chemistry & Industry, 15 Mar 2004) "...very well-documented..." (International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Vol.84, No.14 - 15, 10 - 20 December 2004)"...a concise and well-organised work..." (Applied Organometallic Chemistry, Vol 19 (9), September 2005)

• Contributors ixSeries Preface xi              Preface xiii1 Introduction 1Denis Hamilton and Stephen Crossley2 Environmental Fate of Pesticides and the Consequences for Residues in Food and Drinking Water 27Jack Holland and Phil Sinclair3 Pesticide Metabolism in Crops and Livestock 63Michael W. Skidmore and Árpád Ambrus4 Effects of Food Preparation and Processing on Pesticide Residues in Commodities of Plant Origin 121Gabriele Timme and Birgitt Walz-Tylla5 Toxicological Assessment of Agricultural Pesticides 149Mike Watson6 Diets and Dietary Modelling for Dietary Exposure Assessment 167J. Robert Tomerlin and Barbara J. Petersen7 Chronic Intake 213Les Davies, Michael O’Connor and Sheila Logan8 Acute Intake 243Kim Z. Travis Denis Hamilton, Les Davies, Matthew O’Mullane and Utz Mueller9 Natural Toxicants as Pesticides 269John A. Edgar10 International Standards: The International Harmonization of Pesticide Residue Standards for Food and Drinking Water 295Wim H. Van Eck11 Explaining the Risks 339Sir Colin BerryIndex 353